Discover[Abridged] Presidential Histories8.A) Martin Van Buren, America's first politician, an interview with James Bradley
8.A) Martin Van Buren, America's first politician, an interview with James Bradley

8.A) Martin Van Buren, America's first politician, an interview with James Bradley

Update: 2025-04-08
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Martin Van Buren is known as the "little magician." If he was a magician, he cast a powerful spell. The two party system he championed and helped establish has ruled the United States for two centuries and Democratic party he co-founded is the oldest American political party alive today.

Historian and Journalist James Bradley, author of the new book Martin Van Buren: America's First Politician discusses how Martin Van Buren took over New York politics, and then American politics, to transform the American political system forever.

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8.A) Martin Van Buren, America's first politician, an interview with James Bradley

8.A) Martin Van Buren, America's first politician, an interview with James Bradley

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